1 Across indicates the
direction of movement from one side of an area to the other.
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Pattern: motion verb + across +
noun
The girl ran across the yard. | ||||
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Verbs often used before across:
crawl, drive, go, limp, move, ride, run, swim, walk | ||||
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2 Across can mean on the
other side of a place.
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Pattern: verb + across + noun
My friend lives across the street. | ||||
3 Across from means opposite
or facing.
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Pattern 1: verb + across from +
noun
My assistant's office is across from mine. My secretary sits across from me. | ||||
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Pattern 2: verb + across + noun +
from + noun
My assistant's office is across the hall from mine. | ||||
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4 Across and all across
mean in every area of.
People across the world are using the Internet. There is a heat wave all across the country. | ||||
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Expression:
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across the board—including everyone
or everything
Everyone got a raise in salary: there was a wage increase of three percent across the board. | ||||
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5 Phrasal verbs
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come across (non separable)—find
something unexpectedly
I came across this old picture of you when I was looking for some documents. | ||||
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come across (intransitive)—be
received by an audience
The banquet speaker was not sure how well he came across. | ||||
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run across (non separable)—to find
something unexpectedly
I ran across a letter you wrote to me when we were children | ||||
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get (something) across to
(separable)—make something understood
The young girl tried to get it across to her boyfriend that she was not ready to get married. |
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